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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Happy anniversary US Income Tax!
What would modern news-blog coverage of the American Civil War have been like? I have been following the Civil War Daily Gazette, a site which is chronicling day by day the events of the American Civil War 150 years after … Continue reading
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Augustine of Hippo in s. 78.6, a sermon on the Transfiguration of the Lord. Augustine's message applies to all Christians in their vocation, but it applies most poignantly to Holy Church's pastors. My emphases. And in this glory [of the … Continue reading
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WDTPRS – Transfiguration: in the Son our own "sonship" more fully revealed
Today is the titular feast of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Cathedral of Rome. [Well… at least it was the titular feast. A commentator below informs us that in 1966 it was switched to the Ascension. Odd.] "But … Continue reading
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Auditors & Undergraduate Non-Degree Students
Community members who wish to enroll for a limited number of undergraduate courses in the non-degree program must register online through the forms page. Enrollment may be completed for no more than 7 credit hours for 5 week and 7 week sessions. The limit for 10 week and 14 week semesters is 8 credit hours.
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Non-degree graduate students who have never been admitted to a graduate degree program at SU do not need to submit an application or application fee. These students must have official transcripts sent to the Admissions Office from the baccalaureate granting institution (specifying their bachelor's degree major) and all institutions attended for graduate study, and register for classes online. Two graduate courses per term are allowed for enrollment. Once the required official transcripts arrive, non-degree students may continue to enroll in graduate classes by submitting a completed registration form to the Registrar's Office. To facilitate non-degree students' ease in scheduling classes, the arrival of transcripts may be delayed up to the end of the student's first semester at SU. However, students must have their transcripts sent as quickly as possible as they may be necessary for scheduling purposes. If the official transcript(s) does not arrive in the Admissions Office by the end of their first term, students will not be allowed to schedule additional graduate classes or have graduate transcripts sent from SU.
A maximum of nine semester hours of credit earned prior to formal admission to a master's degree program at SU may be applied toward graduation requirements for that degree. Certain graduate courses are available only to students formally admitted to a degree program. (Refer to the individual course descriptions for more information.)

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Manager, event sales and corporate partnerships, BC Place Having returned to Vancouver in 2010 after 10 years in Ontario, I've started running on a regular basis. The return to running was slow and arduous, but quickly turned into 10K runs, and a steady progression which saw my 10K time decrease from 50 to 41 minutes. My goal is to run my first competitive 10K race in under 40 minutes.
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Italian Extreme metallers CARVED have released the video for the song 'Enter The Silence', taken from their debut album 'Dies Irae', out now on Bakerteam Records. You can watch the video here:
Carved. The name of the band is the best calling card for these six angry metal heads. Carving the emotions of their audience with the most violent performance they could possibly deliver is, as a matter of fact, their most notable trait.
The band made an impact with their 2010 three tracks EP, which was reviewed enthusiastically by many international extreme metal zines and attracted the interest of legendary black/thrashers Necrodeath, who consequently decided to take them on their 25th Anniversary European tour. Gigs with many others notable acts followed, cementing the band's reputation and leading them to some new musical ideas for their debut full length release, 'Dies Irae', which was finally completed at the beginning of 2013.
Recorded and mixed in Italy and mastered at Chartmakers Studio (Rammstein, Volbeat, Apocalyptica), Finland, 'Dies Irae' mixes powerful guitar riffs, massive grooves and brutal vocals with beautiful melodies and refined classical passages.
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- The Rev. Thomas Ogletree officiated at his son's same-sex marriage in 2012
- Church policy bars such marriages in Methodist churches or being performed by ministers
- A fellow clergyman filed a complaint against Ogletree
- The UMC says there will be no church trial against Ogletree
The United Methodist Church announced Monday it is dropping its denominational case against a New York clergyman who officiated his son's same-sex wedding.
The Rev. Thomas Ogletree was charged by the church after presiding over the wedding of his son to another man on October 20, 2012, according to a statement from the New York Annual Conference (NYAC) of the United Methodist Church. The Methodist church says it welcomes members regardless of sexual orientation, but same-sex marriages cannot be performed in Methodist churches or by ordained ministers under church policy.
An official church trial was set for Ogletree, in which his case would have been heard by a jury of 13 ordained clergy members with a penalty ranging from a reprimand to a full defrocking.
Following an additional meeting among the church counsels, the decision was made to reach a "just resolution agreement" instead of a trial, said the statement.
"Church trials produce no winners," NYAC Bishop Martin McLee said in a statement Monday, stating that such prosecutions result in "harmful polarization and continue the harm brought upon our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters."
The case began when a fellow clergyman who had seen the wedding announcement for Ogletree's son in The New York Times filed a complaint with the bishop of the conference, according to the statement.
The complaint set in motion a formal disciplinary process with McLee, who then referred the case to counsel for the church, the equivalent of a prosecutor.
After the case was reviewed, it was determined that there was sufficient evidence to warrant charges against Ogletree for his violations, the statement said.
"I could not with any integrity as a Christian refuse my son's request to preside at his wedding," Ogletree said in a statement in January.
"It is a shame that the church is choosing to prosecute me for this act of love," the January statement said.
Ogletree is a retired professor and a past dean of the Yale Divinity School.
As part of Monday's resolution, Ogletree agreed to join others from varying perspectives in a public forum that "shall reflect a variety of different opinions and understandings," according to the just resolution agreement.
Ogletree released a statement Monday relinquishing his right to the trial and accepting McLee's intention to "approach the matter of marriage equality in a non-juridical manner."
The decision comes just months after Pennsylvania pastor, Frank Schaefer, was defrocked in December after being found guilty in a church trial for officiating his own son's same-sex wedding.
"On first blush it doesn't seem fair," Schaefer said on Monday, "two United Methodist Ministers are charged with the exact same 'crime' of officiating at their son's same sex weddings -- one is defrocked, the other one's case is dropped without conditions."
Schaefer went on to say that despite the different outcomes, overall he is happy about the church's decision to drop Ogletree's case.
"It is a victory for the LGBT movement...if trials are part of the reason why things are changing now in the United Methodist church, it will have been worth my sacrifice," Schaefer said.


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Teri Hatcher"s oversized baggage
So Teri"s coming out with a book. And to publicise the book, she goes on Oprah. While she"s on Oprah, she discusses her history of abuse, she discusses how it affected her marriage, she was open and honest, and I dare say - I actually liked her. But then came the big mistake. Because just when you thought it was a well executed, image boosting appearance, out comes the Ryan Seacrest question. And instead of dodging the issue like a professional, Teri decided to come clean and reveal that she went on 3 dates with Ryan, the third of which resulted in the famous kissing photos, which subsequently resulting in him DUMPING HER because he couldn"t handle the attention. Let me just repeat that. Ryan Seacrest dumped Teri Hatcher. Ryan Seacrest dumped Teri Hatcher. Is this really something she should be sharing??? Getting ditched is one thing. But getting ditched by Ryan Seacrest??? I"m sorry, but that is some serious shame - a permanent black mark on her dating resume. I mean, who would hook up with someone that even Seacrest didn"t want??? And while we"re at it, if that was Angelina Jolie he was caught with - do you think would have made the same decision to get the f*ck out??? I seriously doubt it. And therein lies the double embarassment. Because not only did she get rejected by Ryan, she also wasn"t worth tolerating the tabloid attention that would have surely ensued had they eventually coupled. Now when you consider that Ryan Seacrest is a media whore to the mostest - what does that say about Teri Hatcher? Poor Teri! Do you pity? I do. I pity a LOT.


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The distinction between smartphones and dumb phones has continuously blurred over the past few years with the plummeting prices of smartphones and the increasing capabilities of the so called dumb phones. Nokia Asha 501 burrs this line further with smartphone like features at a low price point.
The Nokia Asha 501 sports a 3-inch QVGA (320×240) resolution display with capacitive touchscreen. The touchscreen is capable of discerning up to two simultaneous touches, which allows it to detect simple gestures like pinch-to-zoom. As far as picture clarity is concerned, it is what you'd expect from a display with 133 ppi pixel density. Viewing angles are decent, but I didn't get the opportunity to test the display outdoors. With the Asha 501, Nokia is introducing its new OS called "Nokia Asha software platform", which is targeted at budget handsets. The Asha software platform comes with its own app store, and as many as fifty preloaded apps. Asha apps are essentially Java apps, and apparently porting existing J2ME apps is fairly straight forward. Nokia has reached out to developers to ensure that the phone launches with popular games like Asphalt 6 (preloaded), Need for Speed Shift, and Ninja Fruit Cutter. Nokia's excellent HERE maps is also supported, however isn't preloaded. However, due to the absence of a dedicated GPS chip, it will presumably rely on cell towers for location information.
The Asha software platform seemed intuitive and well designed from the brief hands-on time I got with the 501. The user interface is strongly driven, with a swipe up bringing up a context menu, a swipe down revealing the notifications, and a swipe to the left or right opening the 'Fastlane'. The Fastlane is sort of an extended notifications area that Nokia touts as the hub for your past, present, and future. The Fastlane keeps track of everything you're doing and lists the past fifty activities. This includes your recent contacts, the apps you've used, and the songs you've listened to. Tapping on any one of the items opens up the relevant app. You can directly update your Facebook or Twitter stream from the Fastlane without having to open up a new app. Additionally, it shows the upcoming events from your calendar. The low-end hardware did cause some hiccups, and some of the apps seemed prone to crashing, but the phone behaved reasonably well. The apps developed by Nokia are mostly beautiful, especially the Alarm and Music app, however third-party apps were a bit all over the place.
On the multimedia front, there is a 3.15 megapixel rear camera, which performs about as well as you can expect a camera in this price range to perform. It captures QVGA video at 15 FPS and snaps images with a resolution of 2048×1536 pixels. The Asha 501 supports audio and video playback, and includes a well done music player that even allows you to share music with other Asha phones by tapping two handsets. This utilizes a new feature called 'Slam', which can also be used for sharing images and other files. Slam works like the tap to send features we see in high end handsets; however, instead of using NFC, which low-end smartphones don't support, it works purely using Bluetooth. On the connectivity front, the Asha is a dual-SIM handset with 2G and W-Fi (b/g) support, but it leaves out 3G. This is a surprising omission from a handset that is otherwise pretty feature packed. Nokia believes that consumers who pick the Asha 501 over other budget smartphones like the Lumia 520 are unlikely to have 3G connectivity, which still remains fairly expensive. Given that according to TRAI, only about 2% of Indian mobile subscribers are on 3G, Nokia may be onto something. Nevertheless, I would certainly like to see a 3G enabled version in the future, even if it costs a thousand bucks more.
One of the biggest concerns with smartphones is its battery life. The Asha 501 comes with a 1200 mAh battery, which isn't exactly massive. However, thanks to the Asha platform, Nokia expects the 501 to last at least a couple of days for most people. Talk time is rated at 17 hours, and music playback at 56 hours.
The Nokia Asha is a low-end smartphone meant for folks who want a capable touch screen phone from a reputed brand but are on an extremely tight budget. It's available in six attractive colors (White, Black, Yellow, Red, Green, and Blue) and costs Rs. 5199. Spending about three thousand bucks more will get you the Lumia 520 or a bunch of low-end Android smartphones from the likes of Samsung, Sony, and LG. However, if you don't have that extra three thousand, then Asha offers a tempting option. It allows you to upload pics on Facebook, check-in to Foursquare, follow latest trends on Twitter, surf websites on Nokia Express browser, listen to music, and more. The Asha 501 takes care of most basic user requirements, and throws in the convenience of a capacitive touchscreen. The lack of 3G still irks me; however, as far as first impressions go, the Asha made its mark on me.


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ROCKVILLE — A five-cent tax on plastic bags isn't changing the behavior of Montgomery County shoppers as much as officials had hoped.
A year after the fee went into effect, it's generating twice the revenue officials expected. County data shows the bag tax is on pace to exceed $2 million in revenue. The county had estimated it would generate $1 million.
The tax was meant to discourage use of plastic, disposable bags to make up for litter found in streams and ponds. It's meant to encourage use of reusable bags.
The District of Columbia created the region's first bag fee in 2010. The city claimed an 80 percent drop in bag usage the first year.
But officials now acknowledge they're not sure how many bags were used before the taxes.


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News Corp. Takes $2.8 Billion Charge
More interesting is the $2.8 billion "non-cash impairment charge" the company disclosed but didn't explain in any detail. Here's the full text from the release: "The charge consisted of a write-down of $1.5 billion of goodwill and a $1.3 billion write-down of the Company's indefinite-lived intangibles, principally related to the Company's publishing businesses, most significantly the Australian operations."
The company also took another $57 million charge "related to the costs of the ongoing investigations" around its phone hacking scandal; it said it has paid out $224 million for related costs in the last year. News Corp. also owns this Web site.


text: SMC, the world´s leading provider of pneumatics, has proved it´s got the gentle touch when meeting market demand for a non-contact transfer. The innovative company has launched the highly flexible XT661, a vacuum operated mark-free gripper that can transfer a range of workpieces with differing sizes, forms, height and materials, with minimal and gentle contact. Available in two types, using the working principles Cyclone and Bernoulli, the XT661 comes in a range of sizes from Ø20 up to Ø50. The Cyclone, gets its name from the way the air is discharged in a whirling direction. With a groove-channel design, it has a large suction area with even pressure dispersion and a high lifting force with low air consumption, making it economical to operate. It´s also compact and lightweight, with a low profile Cyclone type that can be placed in robot arms for transfer. Alternatively, the Bernoulli discharges air radially which means there is minimal vibration during the gripping process, removing the need for a positioning guide. It also features a standardised multi-port allowing for easy detection of workpieces by connecting a sensor. The XT661 is easy to assemble, install and maintain as it´s grease-free and simple to disassemble and clean internally. It´s suitable for a range of applications that require fragile handling such as electronic circuit boards, solar battery cells, liquid crystal glass, insulating sheets, silicon wafers, electrode materials and copper film. Recognised as a global technology leader and voted for the third consecutive year as one of the world´s most innovative by leading business magazine, Forbes, SMC has a diverse customer base covering all automation industries. For more information about the XT661, please visit SMC´s New Product Section at www.smc.eu.


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Virus Action Sport Performance Signs Millsaps
Huntington Beach, CA – Virus Action Sport Performance announced today that they have signed Davi Millsaps to the VIRUS team for the 2013 AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross season.
Millsaps, a highly regarded professional supercross and motocross racer, will help facilitate
the development and design of VIRUS performance apparel, used specifically for his sport.
The primary goal for this partnership is to create top-notch apparel for all of his training and
competition needs -- ultimately leading to the success of all athletes in this sport.
"Davi has a long and varied reputation within the industry and we felt his expertise would
be a great benefit as we hone our products for supercross and motocross athletes," said Sten
Rasmussen, Brand Manager for VIRUS. "We have already begun collaborating with Davi on
many pieces and are excited to keep the momentum going and develop even more new products."
Throughout the past year, VIRUS has had the great opportunity to work one-on-one with
Millsaps to design select products for his personal training needs. "He has been instrumental with the creation of some of our top products, especially the StayCool Tech Pant that he currently wears under his riding gear," stated Rasmussen.
Rasmussen also says he is looking forward to working alongside Millsaps since he brings a great amount of experience and truly understands the advantages of using technical first layers. With his partnership, VIRUS will continue to create products that cater to the motocross athlete's needs to be a complete rider, including select signature pieces that will help him with all of his training, racing, and recovery needs.
Millsaps credits his recent success to being healthy during the off-season, a great new team and bike, as well as a fine tuned training program.
"Over the course of last year I was able to work with the team at VIRUS to develop products
that helped me with my training and racing program," explained Millsaps. "I am really excited to continue working with VIRUS to develop a signature line of products that can be used for bicycle training and racing. My hope is that we can help every day riders become the best they can be in their sport."
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Liberty News
New skateboard park to open to the public
Liberty University's new skate park is opening to the public on Saturday, June 11. The year-round indoor skating facility opened in April to Liberty University and Liberty Christian Academy students, and after seeing community interest, Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. decided to make the park available to the whole Lynchburg community.
"It's just one more unique thing that the university can offer to the city as well as our students," said Lee Beaumont, Liberty's Executive Director of Auxiliary Services. "We just want it to be a nice, safe place for kids to go and enjoy and enhance their skating skills."
The 8,600-square-foot park is located in the warehouse area of the old Steve and Barry's store in the Candlers Station Shopping Center on Candlers Mountain Road and is accessible through the Drowsy Poet courtyard.
The facility features a foam pit for learning aerials, a half pipe, rails, boxes and an observation deck. The park can be used for skateboards, BMX bicycles and rollerblades.
The fully staffed facility will be open from 2 p.m. to midnight every day. The cost is $5, which includes the City of Lynchburg's amusement tax.
All ages are welcome to use the park, although children under 18 will need a parent or legal guardian to sign a waiver. Helmets will be required and are available for rental.
The maximum capacity of the skate park is 40 people, but Beaumont said if there is enough interest, they may plan to expand into existing warehouse space, doubling the size of the facility.
Liberty purchased the Candlers Station Shopping Center in January 2010.


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After retiring from 28 years of customer service work, the last several years as a Director and Vice President, I decided to turn my attention to some of my favorite pastimes – photography, writing, and television. The focus of my blogs "All Things Law and Order" and "These Are Their Stories" is on all the shows of the Law & Order brand and all the actors who star in those shows. "All Things Law and Order" covers everything having to do with the shows, such as episode information and air dates, recaps and reviews, and behind the scenes and episode photos and interviews. "These Are Their Stories" covers all the actors – past and present - and what they are doing outside the show, such as public appearances and other acting roles they have outside the series.
While I have seen every episode (many of them more than a few times) of Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Law & Order Criminal Intent, and every other Law & Order spinoff imaginable, I know a lot about the show but I don't profess to have recall of every detail of every episode. And while I'm on the subject of what I don't know, I don't often know in advance where or when a show is filming,and I don't know (and/or won't tell) where the stars of the shows live or how to contact them. I am not employed by any network or publicity firm, but sometimes receive advance photos and/or videos from some networks to pass along to fans. I also am allergic to fan fic and I won't promote fan fic on any of my blogs. So, while I'm a big fan of the show and spend a lot of time blogging about it, I do have a real life that revolves around other things besides Law & Order. Yes, I know that is hard to believe.
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First developed in 2004, the E-Series lineup of products by Rigid Industries set the standard in forward projecting LED lights. The original patented Hybrid optical system continues to lead the field in efficiency and projection. In 2011 Rigid Industries reinvested and redesigned the original Hybrid system to work with the latest Cree and Osram LEDs. This redesign netted an almost 50% increase in center intensity over the first generation optical system. Using the new optical system, current E-Series lights project more than twice the amount of light at the same power. As LED technology evolves, so does the ageless E-Series product line. Coming in 2012, you will see intelligence, dimming, and high/low functions.
Each E-series product comes with our latest improvements. Those improvements include, a genuine Gore-Tex pressure equalizing system, ultra efficient heatsink, and the unmatched strength and durability Rigid is known for. Add in Rigid Industries limited lifetime warranty and unmatched customer service and the choice is clear.
40-Inch E-Series Spot/Flood Light bar
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Cabinet Handbook
Back in the 90s, Celestion put together a comprehensive guide to designing and building your own cabinet, the "Cabinet Handbook".
April 3, 2014
There are useful sections on porting and crossover design including some basic scientific theory to help you make the right choices for your application.
For more advice on choosing PA speakers, click here.
For more advice on choosing guitar speakers, click here.


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Just reaching out to thank you for the talk you gave today. The feedback has been tremendous! May you continue to have the strength to inspire the Jewish People and the entire world at this challenging time! May your efforts merit you and your family continued good health and happiness.
World Mizrachi Representative
My son went to Israel for a year requiring infusion every 6-8 weeks. It was very stressful at times to coordinate getting his meds sent to Israel, scheduling appointments, and having to worry about him going on his own. Then a friend told me about EMA Care. EMA Care was truly amazing.
You can speak to an American who understands your concerns and will walk you through the entire process, from dealing with insurance to making appointments, and even getting someone to escort your...
I would like to recommend Eliana (EMA care) for her sensitive and timely help for clients who are having difficulty navigating the health care system Israel, specifically for Anglos, whether new olim or those of us who been here for many years.
The obstacles of interfacing with the health care system here is daunting, especially at a time when one is going through an acute or chronic condition that is protracted and complicated. Often one doesn't know whom to turn to or where to go,...
During our recent visit to Israel, we really struggled to find food for our son who has anaphylactic level allergies to egg and sesame. We approached both restaurants and hotels and were told they were unable or unwilling to take responsibility for preparing his food.
After learning about Dr. Eliana on-line, we contacted her in the...
We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the amazing gift you have given us over this Pesach- the gift of having you with us!!!!
We have NEVER felt more comfortable, calm, and at ease than we did these past 10 days. Your warmth, professionalism, kindness, and care shown through in all that you did.
My children are so grateful that they were able to be with you this Pesach. You made sure that they were so well looked after and they felt so at ease and...
When our son was injured in a car accident during his yeshiva year in Israel, he had to start navigating the medical system on his own. But once we contacted Dr. Eliana Aaron at EMA Care (www.HealthCareIsrael.com), she immediately flew into action. Dr. Aaron accompanied our son in the ER and made sure he and we knew at every step exactly what was done and what needed to be done, especially important for someone who suffered a concussion and...
I write to express my hakarat hatov (positive recognition) and my gratitude to the two health professionals from EMA Care that have been from the start professionally involved and continue to be interested in my care and long-term recovery.
After a serious fracture, I was hospitalized in the north, and my insurance company recommended EMA Care services to help me. After a surgeon was pressuring me to sign consent for surgery, I realized that I needed to remain...
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He actually seems much calmer than he has been in a long time and he is very happy with what the EMA Care staff has done so far.
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"EMA" Care is so fitting a name for Dr. Eliana Aaron's exceptional gap year concierge health care service. Dr. Aaron is not only an incredible health care professional; she is also an "Ema Extraordinaire" in every sense of the word. My child had a range of medical needs while abroad, some anticipated and others not, and she was there for him (and me) – even in the middle of the night, -- always calm, reassuring, thinking out of the box, getting him to the appropriate medical professionals...
Thank you and may Hashem bless you for the work you do. My son Jacob said your allergy card has been very helpful. I am so grateful- beyond words.
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Thank you for delivering our allergy free baked goods to our hotel. We just tasted the focaccia and it was delicious.
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The Beat Generation and Couterculture Literature
Beat Generation and Counterculture(s)- 31st Annual Meeting of the SW/TX ACA/PCA
Beat Generation and Counterculture(s)
The 31st Annual Meeting of the SW/TX ACA/PCA
February 10-13, 2010
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque New Mexico 87102
Proposal/Abstract Deadline: November 1 2009
Panels are now being formed for the 31st annual meeting of the Southwest-Texas American Culture Association-Popular Culture Association in the area of the Beat Generation and Counterculture(s). The conference is an excellent place to meet people in your area of work and for gives graduate students a space in which to showcase your research and receive constructive feedback. This year, thanks to suggestions from previous participants, we have increased the audio-visual resources available to presenters to include: digital video projector, VCR/DVD player and stereo speakers in each presentation room along with wireless internet access at Phil's cybercafé.
Possible topics include but are not limited to:
Literature of the Beat Generation
Beat Culture and the Cold War
The Beats in Popular Culture
Women in the Beat Generation
African American Beats
Beat Appropriation of African American Culture
Moral Crisis of the Cold War and the Beat Generation
1960s Counterculture (Hippies)
Countercultural conflicts over race and gender
Utopian communities of dissent both physical and discursive
Conservative Counterculture(s) of the postwar period
Literary Narratives of Counterculture and Utopianism
For information about the conference and other presentation areas, graduate paper awards, A/V support in presentation rooms, registration and hotel accommodation go to the SWPCA website at: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca
Please forward abstracts of no more than one page, panel proposals or requests for further information to:
Christopher Carmona, Area Chair, Beat Generation and Counterculture
Christopher Carmona
Texas A&M University
227 Blocker Bldg
College Station TX 77843
Visit the website at http://www.h-net.org/~swpca


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Join the Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week's set is 6017 King's Oarsmen.
King's Oarsmen, a Viking inspired boat, was released in 1987. It is the first very small boat set in the Castle theme. The set features a sail made from flags, two "Oarsmen", and accessories.


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The designated operator of Antigua and Barbuda, the General Post Office, asks us to inform the designated operators of UPU member countries that postal staff in Antigua and Barbuda are currently staging a sit-in. This is impeding operations and resulting in delays in the movement of mails.
The General Post Office thanks designated operators for their understanding. It will inform them via EmIS once the situation has returned to normal.


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A Warning From The Garden
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: January 19, 2007
Well, so much for our daffodils! They all bloomed in our front yard last week. They now form a nice bright yellow cluster at the bottom of our driveway. Temperatures of 65 degrees in Washington in January will do that. Frankly, daffodils in January do brighten up the lawn. Maybe next year we'll try for roses in February.
Don't know about you, but when I see things in nature that I've never seen in my life, like daffodils blooming in January, it starts to feel creepy, like a ''Twilight Zone'' segment. I half expect to wake one day and find Rod Serling mowing my lawn -- in shorts.
Why not? Last December was the fourth warmest on record, and 2006 was the hottest year in America since 1895. It was declared the hottest in Britain since 1659.
Even the White House seems to have noticed. Al Hubbard, the president's economic adviser, says Mr. Bush will soon unveil an energy independence strategy that will produce ''headlines above the fold that will knock your socks off.'' Since everything the president has done on energy up to now has left my socks firmly in place, I will be eager to hear what Mr. Bush says.
Neither the White House nor the Democratic Party seems to grasp that the public and business community are miles ahead of them on this energy/environment issue. The presidential candidate who finally figures that out, though -- and comes up with a compelling energy/environment agenda -- is going to have a real leg up in 2008.
What would be compelling? I used to think it would be a ''Manhattan Project'' on energy. I don't any longer. I've learned that there is no magic bullet for reducing our dependence on oil and emissions of greenhouse gases -- and politicians who call for one are usually just trying to avoid asking for sacrifice today.
The right rallying call is for a ''Green New Deal.'' The New Deal was not built on a magic bullet, but on a broad range of programs and industrial projects to revitalize America. Ditto for an energy New Deal. If we are to turn the tide on climate change and end our oil addiction, we need more of everything: solar, wind, hydro, ethanol, biodiesel, clean coal and nuclear power -- and conservation.
It takes a Green New Deal because to nurture all of these technologies to a point that they really scale would be a huge industrial project. If you have put a windmill in your yard or some solar panels on your roof, bless your heart. But we will only green the world when we change the very nature of the electricity grid -- moving it away from dirty coal or oil to clean coal and renewables. And that is a huge industrial project -- much bigger than anyone has told you. Finally, like the New Deal, if we undertake the green version, it has the potential to create a whole new clean power industry to spur our economy into the 21st century.
To spark a Green New Deal today requires getting two things right: government regulations and prices. Look at California. By setting steadily higher standards for the energy efficiency of buildings and appliances -- and creating incentives for utilities to work with consumers to use less power -- California has held its per-capita electricity use constant for 30 years, while the rest of the nation has seen per-capita electricity use increase by nearly 50 percent, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. That has saved California from building 24 giant power plants.
Had Ronald Reagan not rolled back the higher fuel efficiency standards imposed on Detroit, we might need no Middle East oil today. High standards force innovation, and innovation leads to conservation at scale.
But prices also matter. I don't care whether it is a federal gasoline tax, carbon tax, B.T.U. tax or cap-and-trade system, power utilities, factories and car owners have to be required to pay the real and full cost to society of the carbon they put into the atmosphere. And higher costs for fossil fuels make more costly clean alternatives more competitive.
''The regulated utilities are the most important consumers from the perspective of long-term investment, and if they are not required to value carbon reduction then they will under-invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy,'' Peter Darbee, chairman of Pacific Gas and Electric, said to me.
This isn't rocket science. Government standards matter. They drive innovation and efficiency. And prices matter. They drive more and cleaner energy choices. So when the president unveils his energy proposals, if they don't call for higher efficiency standards and higher prices for fossil fuels -- take your socks off yourself. It's going to get hot around here.


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All the wonderful testimonials of my readers who has requested and received and experienced a blessing associated with WISH FULFILLING AND BUDDHA'S BLESSING MANTRA PENDANT(1), has inspired me to write again.
Today, allow me to share another personal testimony of a reader who has requested for some assistance in healing a sibling suffering from depression and diabetes.
MC was one of the lucky readers whose email I was able to read right away. She emailed me because she wants to have the WISH FULFILLING AND BUDDHA'S BLESSING MANTRA PENDANT(2). However, as I always say, my greatest frustration with the WISH FULFILLING AND BUDDHA'S BLESSING MANTRA PENDANT(3) is that it is quite pricey and not all people can afford it. This is the case of MC. She can't afford the pendant.
MCs problem is her sister who lives with her. She is somebody that we can call an old maid, and according to MC her sister is really one of the nicest person in the world that is why it pains her to see her sister suffering.
MP, MC's sister, both of their names starts with M, was diagnosed to be clinically depressed. Add to this problem is the fact that her depression is making her diabetes really bad. Her psychiatrist has prescribed some medicine but according to MC, MP seems to be in denial and refuses to take the medicines. Worst, is that she has stopped taking her diabetic medicine which cause MP to go hypoglycemic. She almost died because of it. MC feels that it's MPs way of committing suicide.
Because MC is unable to afford the WISH FULFILLING AND BUDDHA'S BLESSING MANTRA PENDANT(4), I told her to chant the MEDICINE BUDDHA MANTRA, the MANTRA OF THE GODDESS OF MERCY, the WISH FULFILLING MANTRA, and the NEGATIVE KARMA CLEANSING MANTRA with her sister. Unfortunately, MP was not cooperative and refuses to recite the mantras. I then advised MC to print out the mantras and stick them in MPs room, so she'll see them and benefit from it. As I stated in my post about MANTRAS one need not understand them to benefit from them.
However, that particular recommendation didn't work as well because she would MP would take out the printed copies of the mantras and throw them away. I then told MC to simply chant the mantra beside her sister, if possible, let the sister hear her. But then again, MP would physically dragged MC out of her room if she chants the mantra.
At this point, I thought I could no longer do anything for MC and MP. However, MC was desperate and wants to make her sister well. She bugged me to help them. This is when I remembered the 'energized' water principle, which I call Temple Water that we used to drink. This was the subject of my last post called – CAN WATER INFUSED WITH OUR THOUGHTS AND WORDS AFFECT US?
I then told MC that there is something that we might be able to do for MP but I'm not sure whether it'll work. But MC was really desperate and was willing to try anything just to make MP better.
I decided to prepare the 'TEMPLE WATER' myself. Remember, I just call it 'Temple Water' because we used to drink that kind of water from the temple. I bought five bottles of 1 liter of bottled water. I then took out the label, replaced it with a print out of the mantras that I thought will be useful for MP, the ones that I recommended MC to recite with MP. Then I decided to chant those 3 full malas each of those mantras everyday for 7 days. Whenever, I'm not around I will simply play my Medicine Buddha Mantra recording and the Mantra of the Goddess of Mercy, Kuan Yin, also known as Guan Yin or Avalokitesvara – OM MANI PADME HUM. I also did this for 7 days. Then I handed over the bottled waters to MC and instructed her on how to do it herself. The water was then served to MP without her knowing it. Little did MP know that she's been drinking 'Temple Water' everyday.
According to MC, a week after MP started drinking 'Temple Water' she started taking her medicines, gradually she became better and has started going back to work. Her diabetes is also better.
But more than that, their mother who suffered from a stroke is also so much better now. She has since then started walking. I was previously unaware of the condition of the mother, but MC has decided to give their mother the 'Temple Water' as well, and now three months after she has started to walks again.
As for me, I have decided to make 'Temple Water' for us here at home and we all started drinking 'Temple Water' again!
NOTE: I do not in anyway recommend that one replace medicine with the TEMPLE WATER. If you'll remember MP still took her medicine. Also, depression is a serious problem. If you think you or somebody you know is suffering from depression, seek professional help ASAP.


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The Regional Board notes that current filtering software does not completely or adequately prevent unwanted and objectionable materials, particularly graphics, from being accessed. Additionally, the requirements of the law mandate that safety and security measures be used to control minor use of electronic mail, chat rooms, direct electronic communications, "hacking" and other unlawful online activities, and disclosure of personal ID information. The library will require a parent/guardian to be present at the computer for a minor's use of the Internet.
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Security Patch
10th May 2010 - New Security Advisory, see Ticket #1518.
4th May 2010 - New Security Advisory, see Ticket #1515.
All developers are urgently instructed to see Ticket #1363.
If you need help installing the editor or have questions, ask them in the Forum
If you are new to Xinha, view the Xinha Newbie Guide
Bug Reports/Feature RequestsIf you have found a bug in Xinha or have a great idea how we can make it even better, please create a ticket.
Due to the large amount of ticket spam the ticket system requires that you login prior to being able to create or comment on tickets, guests can login with guest login details. Please read the Tickets page for more information on creating bug reports and feature requests.
The Community-built Open Source Online HTML Editor
Xinha (pronounced like Xena, the Warrior Princess) is a powerful WYSIWYG HTML editor component that works in all current browsers. Its configurabilty and extensibility make it easy to build just the right editor for multiple purposes, from a restricted mini-editor for one database field to a full-fledged website editor. Its liberal, BSD licence makes it an ideal candidate for integration into any kind of project.
Xinha is Open Source, and we take this seriously. There is no company that owns the source but a community of professionals who just want Xinha to be the best tool for their work.
How can I get Xinha?
See the DownloadsPage.
Have you got a forum?
Yes, here it is. Please don't post bug reports, feature requests or patches in the forum, use the Ticket System for that so we can track them more efficiently.
How can I contribute to Xinha?
Do you know Javascript, are you willing to learn? Then checkout a working copy and get hacking that code! Check the tickets for feature requests that you could implement, reported bugs that you could fix. When you've got something worth contributing back to Xinha, just send it on along. Regular and proven contributors will get SVN commit access! This is one of the main reasons Xinha split from htmlArea, the htmlArea development was not open to fair and equal participation by all developers. Xinha is different, we are a group of developers trying to produce the best WYSIWYG HTML Editor available. There is a mailing list available at http://www.openplans.org/projects/xinha/lists/xinha-discussion. Browse the archives or join the list there, or send an email to email@example.com with subscribe in the subject
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What else is here?
For a complete list of local wiki pages, see TitleIndex.
Is Xinha under active development/what is it's status?
Xinha is a tool made by the developers for their own use. It is used by thousands of websites in production systems all over the world and has been for many many years.
The short version is, that development happens when a developer has an itch they need to scratch, we don't "fix-what's-not-broke".
There is no set schedule, and development of Xinha simply for the sake of developing Xinha doesn't happen much (we have bills to pay, if we don't have a direct need for something in one of our projects, it's not getting written).
Xinha is open source, and we mean it, if you want to progress the development of Xinha in some way, please contact James Sleeman ( See Xinha Developers ) and he will arrange for SVN commit and Trac management access.


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It has been well-known that Criterion was getting a new pack of recognizable—without getting sued!—cars for Burnout Parade. The developer has done much to keep the game in the news since its release, and the title has enjoyed many free additions to the gameplay. The upcoming Legendary Cars pack is pushing things a little bit, however.
The "Jansen 88 Special," which may be based on a certain time-traveling DeLorean, will sell for $4, or 320 Microsoft points. The rest of the cars, including an Ecto-1 clone, can be had for $2, or the entire pack can be purchase for $8. The cars will be released this Thursday on both Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.
It's hard to get angry, since most of the new content has been free. This seems... well, it's like the EA I know and love has popped in to say hello.


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Michael Troughton actor and teacher. He is the son of actor Patrick Troughton (known for his lead role in Doctor Who in the 1960s) and the younger brother of David Troughton.
He has appeared in many film and television roles, most notably as Sir Piers Fletcher-Dervish in The New Statesman from 1987 to 1992. Troughton also starred in the first series of Backs to the Land. More recent roles include senior science master Derek Halliday in the Taggart episode "Out of Bounds", 1998, a therapist in the fourth series of Cold Feet and Mr Mermagen in Enigma.
In Comedy Classics: The New Statesman (2008), an ITV documentary recalling The New Statesman, it was stated that Troughton had been contacted to appear on the programme but he had made it clear he did not wish to appear on television any more. According to Internet Movie Database his last appearance on television was in 2002.
Troughton's biography of his late father, Patrick Troughton, published by Hirst Publishing, was launched at the 2011 Dimensions Convention in Newcastle in November 2011.
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Amanda joins us for 7×02 – The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati – Back in Action: The Reckoning 3D: This Time, it's Personal. Apparently nothing that happened in the last episode mattered at all. Lots of rando side characters get killed off screen and the word "hybrid" continues to befuddle the writers. In the penultimate episode of Millennium 3×21 "Via Dolorosa" we see the trees again and a super creep that is probably not finale worthy.
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In order to manage our research activities Bangor University has implemented a Research Information Management System called PURE. You may access PURE from the following URL http://pure.bangor.ac.uk. This system aims to provide solutions for both researchers themselves as well as back-office staff administering research within the University. The PURE system supports organisational efficiency and also provides a professional shop window for the University's research activity through a new research portal http://research.bangor.ac.uk. PURE draws together research information from both internal and external sources and facilitates an evidence-based approach to Bangor's research and collaboration strategies, assessment exercises, RCUK and HEFCE open access compliance and real time visibility of current research activity.
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Dr. Donna Alvah
My current projects are on children and youth in the Cold War. I'm writing articles on children's and youth's assistance to militaries in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia during the wars there between the 1940s and 1970s, and on adults' responses to children's fears of the prospects of nuclear war. Also in the works is a book manuscript on children and youth in the Cold War. My scholarship examines interconnections among cultural history, social history, military history, and foreign relations. I've published a book on U.S. military families abroad during the early Cold War, and essays on wives of U.S. servicemen in the Philippines before World War II and U.S. policy on military families abroad following the Cold War.
My scholarly interests influence the courses I teach on World War II (HIST 200), the Cold War (HIST 246 and 299), the Vietnam War (HIST 325), and the history of American foreign relations from the colonial era to 1900 (HIST 243). I've taught in the First-Year Program many times. My FYP seminar for Fall '20 is "Peace, Conflict, and Community." My most recent first-year spring seminars focused on peace studies in historical context, and on animal welfare and ethics. I also teach "A Historical Introduction to Peace Studies" (PEAC 102/HIST 107), a course that counts toward the Peace Studies minor.
Among the many things I love about St. Lawrence University are the opportunities for intellectual and personal growth, for going out into the world to teach and learn, and for making the world a better place through our courses and activities beyond the classroom. I enjoy seeing students progress over the years at SLU, and also love hearing about what and how they're doing after graduation.
Research Interests:
- Social & cultural aspects of the Cold War, US foreign relations, & the US military; children & youth in the Cold War; children & nuclear weapons; children & youth in the Vietnam War; International Year of the Child; US military in Okinawa
Presentations, Exhibitions, Performances and Published Work:
- "U.S. Military Personnel & Families Abroad: Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Power in the US Military's Relations with Foreign Nations & Local Inhabitants during Wartime," in Routledge Handbook of War, Gender, & the US Military, ed. K. Vuic. Routledge 2017.
- "American Military Families in West Germany: Social, Cultural, & Foreign Relations, 1946-65," in GIs in Germany: The Social, Economic, Cultural & Political History of the American Military Presence, ed. Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr. & Detlef Junker (Cambridge)
- "U.S. Military Wives in the Philippines, from the Philippine War to World War II." In A Companion to Women's Military History, edited by Barton C. Hacker and Margaret Vining, 431-452. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill, 2012.
- "'I am too young to die': Children and the Cold War." Organization of American Historians' Magazine of History for the special issue on the Cold War, October 2010, 25-28. Republished in the updated version of Bring History Alive! A Sourcebook for Teachin
- "Controversy in the Classroom: Teaching the Vietnam War." Perspectives on History: The News Magazine of the American Historical Association, May 2010.
- "U.S. Military Families Abroad in the Post-Cold War Era and the 'New Global Posture.'" In Over There: Gender and Sexuality in the U.S. Military Empire, edited by Maria Höhn and Seungsook Moon, 149-175. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010.
- Unofficial Ambassadors: American Military Families Overseas and the Cold War, 1946-1965, New York University Press, April 2007.
- Review of Two Short Films by Farshad Aminian-Tankei: Hiroshima, Auschwitz: We Must Not Forget and What Is War? (Forthcoming in Peace & Change).
- Review of Justin Hart, Empire of Ideas: The Origins of Public Diplomacy and the Transformation of U.S. Foreign Policy," for Roundtable Review, Passport: The Newsletter of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 44 no. 2 (September 2013):
- Review of Andrew J. Falk, Upstaging the Cold War: American Dissent and Cultural Diplomacy, 1940-1960, for H-Diplo Roundtable Review, January 2013.
- "Advantages and Human Costs of Military Empire." Review of Michael Cullen Green, Black Yanks in the Pacific: Race in the Making of American Military Empire after World War II. Diplomatic History vol. 36, no. 4 (September 2012): 777-779.
- Review of Erika Kuhlman, Reconstructing Patriarchy after the Great War: Women, Gender, and Postwar Reconciliation between Nations, for Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research, vol. 36, no. 1 (January 2011): 140-143.
- Review of In the Valley of Elah (2006, DVD), for Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research, special issue on the U.S. War in Iraq, vol. 34, no. 3 (July 2009): 395-398.
- Review of Maria Höhn, GIs and Frauleins: The German-American Encounter in 1950s West Germany (The University of North Carolina Press, 2002), for Armed Forces and Society, Fall 2004.
- Review of Petra Goedde, GIs and Germans: Culture, Gender, and Foreign Relations, 1945-1949 (Yale University Press, 2003), for The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Fall 2003.
- Review of James Jay Carafano, Waltzing into the Cold War: The Struggle for Occupied Austria (Texas A & M University Press, 2002), for The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Fall 2003.
- Entry "Women and Children" for Weapons and Warfare, revised edition, Salem Press, February 2010.
- Entries "The United States [and the Cold War]," co-authored with Paul Pierpaoli; "United States—Federal Bureau of Investigation," co-authored with John H. Barnhill; "Marcos, Ferdinand"; and "United States Armed Forces in Asia." In Encyclopedia of the Col
- Entries "Military Families"; "Vietnam Veterans"; and "Women's Rights and Feminism." In Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront. Edited by John Phillips Resch. Detroit: MacMillan Reference USA, 2005.
- "Transatlantic Worries: Protecting Children from Fearing the Prospect of Nuclear War during the Cold War," invited plenary lecture for the Transatlantic Studies Conference, University of Northumbria, Newcastle-on-Tyne, United Kingdom, July 2013.
- "American Responses to the International Year of the Child: Children's Issues in the Context of the Cold War," Society for Historians of Childhood and Youth Biennial Conference, New York City, June 2011
- "American Military Families in the Philippines, circa 1900 to 1945," Organization of American Historians annual conference, New York City, March 2008
- Fellow in "Public Policy and Nuclear Threats" program, sponsored by the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, San Diego, July 2007.
- "Local Views of American Military Families in the Early Cold War Era," for panel "In the Service of America: Foreign Service Officers, Diplomatic Wives, and Military Families," annual meeting of the American Historical Association, Seattle, January 2005.
- "Affectionate Husbands and Generous Fathers: American Military Men Overseas in the 1950s-1960s," for panel "Cold War Excursions," annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Boston, March 2004.
- "U.S. Ladies, Internationalism, and Cold War Foreign Relations, 1945-1965," for panel "Defining America Abroad: Promoters and Dissenters," annual meeting of the American Historical Association Pacific Coast Branch, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2003.
- Chair & Commenter for "Anglo-Americans Behaving Badly: Problematizing Identity Formation in Imperial Diasporas," annual meeting of the American Historical Association Pacific Coast Branch, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2003.
- "Young Ambassadors: American Military Children Overseas in the Cold War," Interdisciplinary Children's History Conference, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, February 2002
- "Military Wives, American Power, and Foreign Relations, 1946-1961" Annual Meeting of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., June 2001
- "American Military Families in West Germany: Social, Cultural, & Foreign Relations, 1950-1965," for "GIs in Germany" conference, University of Heidelberg, sponsored by the German Historical Institute, November 2000
- "American Military Families in Okinawa: A Social and Cultural History of Foreign Relations in the 1950s," UC Santa Barbara Cold War History Group Conference, May 1999
- "Cold War American Military Families Overseas and Anti-Communism, 1945–1960," American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 1999
Regularly Taught Courses:
- HIST 200: World War II (Sophomore Seminar)
- HIST 226: US since World War II
- HIST 243: Origins of US Foreign Policy (to 1900)
- HIST 246: The Cold War
- HIST 299: Cold War Politics, Society, Culture
- HIST 325: The Vietnam War
- HIST 473: A History of Our Times: The United States since 1989
- FRPG 1006 (FYP, Fall semesters): Peace, Conflict, & Community
- PEAC 102/HIST 107: Introduction to Peace Studies (also taught as a First-Year Seminar , Spring semesters)
Sample Student Projects Supervised:
- Tanveer Kalo, East Indian soldiers from the United States in World War I (SYE F17)
- Holly Wark, Vietnamese women's and children's view of the Vietnam War
- Somphone Sonenarong, "Making Independence: Chinese and Japanese Influences on Vietnam's 1945 August Revolution" (SYE for Asian Studies)
- Jordan Walker, SYE "Redefining Militancy in the 1950s and the 1960s: The Early Homophile Movement's Path towards Equality," Spring 2011 (HIST 490)
- Elizabeth Carroll, SYE "The Indochina War and the Incompatible U.S.-French Alliance," Spring 2010 (HIST 490)
- Meggie Quackenbush, SYE "Remembering Vietnam: Memory as History," 2009-2010
- Claire Plagge, senior history honors thesis, "From Myth to Beast of Burden: The Transition of the Horse into Ancient Greek and Roman Society," Fall 2008/Spring 2009 (HIST 498/499)
- James Passanisi, senior history honors thesis on the Hetch-Hetchy dam controversy, Fall 2005/Spring 2006 (HIST 498/499)
- Paula Bogart, SLU Fellowship project on families in Afghanistan, Summer 2006
Ways to connect with students outside of the classroom:
- Spring '20: Mondays 2:30-4:00; Wednesdays 1:30-3:00; and by appointment (joint office hour with Brenda Papineau for Campbell College '23 students only)


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[This is a re-post of my review from the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Byzantium opens today in limited release.]
The possibilities of the vampire story have become increasingly limited. The story has been around for so long, and has been done so many ways, especially of late, that it's difficult for a storyteller to come in and find a new spin within the predefined parameters of what we all agree is a "vampire": a bloodsucking immortal. In his new film Byzantium, director Neil Jordan has seized upon the "immortal" part and how a vampire would always be, in a sense, frozen in the past and unable to move forward. Consequently, Byzantium has trouble gaining any momentum. As its protagonist moans about telling a story hundreds of times but never finding anyone to listen, the film struggles to find a rhythm and gets bogged down in some cringeworthy dialogue. But the most frustrating aspect of Byzantium is how it fails to pursue a thoughtful, gender-related idea that holds far more potential than another exploration of how vampires are accursed creatures sentenced to wander the earth alone forever and ever anon.
Eleanor Webb (Saoirse Ronan) is miserable being a vampire. She has been sixteen for over 200 years, stuck with her overprotective vampire mother Clara (Gemma Arterton), and isolated from the world because she's forbidden to share her story with anyone. She writes it down again and again, but then throws her story away to the winds. Eleanor stays alive by feeding on dying people who have made their peace with death, and Clara is a prostitute who takes out pimps and johns. After Clara kills a mysterious attacker, she and Eleanor are forced to flee to a new town. There, they take up with the sweet and unassuming Noel (Daniel Mays), and live in his mother's old guesthouse, Byzantium. Clara, taking the initiative, decides to turn the home into a brothel with Noel's permission. Meanwhile, Eleanor beings to fall for Frank (Caleb Landry Jones), which brings her perilously close to breaking her silence on her vampirism. Throughout the film, Eleanor and Clara relate how they lived before they were vampires, and how and why they sacrificed their souls in order to live forever.
The first half of the film feels a bit too much like Interview with the Vampire, but without the campy fun. There's the young girl who has seen too much, and is depressed that she'll never grow up. Eleanor's sadness sinks Byzantium like a stone as we see a melancholy immortal who can only live in the past because she's been deprived of a future by her mother. Jordan lays the emotion on thick with Ronan's downcast eyes and depressed emotions accompanied by a duo of sad strings and piano.
In the film's second-half, Byzantium eventually reaches a good rhythm in terms of switching between the past and present, and organically weaving in the narration with the pertinent part of the flashback. We get to hear more of Clara's side of the story, and the script provides a revelation that's far more fascinating than why people who can't tell their stories become depressed. We learn that there is a brotherhood of vampires, and women aren't allowed to turn other people, which is a law Clara broke when she turned Eleanor.
Vampirism is almost always displayed in sexual terms (the bite itself is sexual, and it's important to note that the "turn" in Byzantium is done by having the vampire-to-be walk alone into a cave on a remote island), and Jordan has a unique perspective by displaying it through the lens of a mother/daughter relationship. The brotherhood would deprive women of motherhood, which is an ironic twist since Clara, through her confinement of Eleanor, deprives her daughter of womanhood. Eleanor will always be a child, not only in terms of her appearance, but in terms of being shackled to her mother.
Strangely, Jordan seems far more fascinated with the relationship of how stories require listeners, and how the artist can't grow until they've connected with an audience. Not only is this done through the fairly-tired vampire trope of "Immortailty's Curse", but it also forces us to hear Eleanor's laughably bad narrated dialogue. A character who reads Eleanor's story says it sounds like the weird offspring of "Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe". I'm pretty sure both authors would roll in their graves if they were credited with dialogue like "Everything outside of time is cold."
Vampires stories have been told time and time again (and, to be fair, with worse dialogue), and by Jordan's definition of meaningless-repetition, the stories are just as miserable as Eleanor Webb. Ironically, Byzantium finds a way to move the genre forward into uncharted territory, but chooses to stay stuck in the same sad place by repeating a story that's been told before.
Rating: C


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I have a Wii Balance Board. I have not used it for years. Maybe things would be different if there were more games for it. Maybe things would be different if it came in a different color—like black.
According to website Eurogamer, Europe is getting a black Balance Board bundle that comes with Wii Fit Plus. It will be out on Oct. 7. No word yet on a North American release.
You know the difference between the white Wii Balance Board and the black one? The black one shows dust easier.
Black Wii Fit Plus pack announced News [Eurogamer.net]
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